| AES | Adult Education Survey |
| ALMP | Active Labour Market Policy |
| ANPAL | National Agency for Active Labour Market Policies |
| CET | Continuing Education and Training |
| CPIA | Provincial Centres for Adult Education Italy |
| CVTS | Continuing Vocational Training Survey |
| EC | European Commission |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| ET2020 | Strategic Framework for European cooperation in education and training |
| EU | European Union |
| EUIF | Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund |
| ESF | European Social Fund |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| HILDA | Australian Household, Income and Labour Dynamics Survey |
| ICT | Information and communications technology |
| INAPP | National Institute for the Analysis of Public Policies |
| INVALSI | National Institute for the Evaluation of Education and Training Italy |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| IVET | Initial Vocational Education and Training |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| LLL | Lifelong Learning |
| MIUR | Ministry of Education, University and Research Italy |
| MLPS | Ministry of Employment and Social Policies Italy |
| MOM | Ministry of Manpower Singapore |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OKJ | National Training Registry Hungary |
| PAIDEIA | Action Plans for Innovation in Adult Education Italy |
| PAL | Priorities of Adult Learning (dashboard) |
| PES | Public Employment Services |
| PIAAC | OECD Survey of Adult Skills |
| Q&A | Question and Answers |
| SAA | Skill Anticipation and Assessment |
| VET | Vocational Education and Training |
| WRTAL | Australian data on Work-related Training and Adult Learning |
Increasing Adult Learning Participation
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